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The Raw Milk Wars Heat Up in Ohio The state is aggressively pursuing farmers who make unpasteurized milk available to consumers. Will a Democratic governor declare a cease-fire? Going Underground So intense is ODA's campaign against raw milk, the agency earlier this year even sent a written warning to Organic Pastures Dairy, the Fresno, Calif., dairy that tangled with California agriculture officials?against selling raw milk via mail order to Ohio residents. ODA's spokesperson readily acknowledges that it has no jurisdiction in California. Mark McAfee, president of Organic Pastures, replied to the agency that the FDA doesn't prohibit interstate sales of...

The Attorney General's Office says they may show evidence of a felony: unauthorized use of a restricted Web site. By John Shiffman Inquirer Staff Writer In an unusual and little-known case, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has seized four computer hard drives from a Lancaster newspaper as part of a statewide grand-jury investigation into leaks to reporters.The dispute pits the government's desire to solve an alleged felony - computer hacking - against the news media's fear that taking the computers circumvents the First Amendment and the state Shield Law.The state Supreme Court declined last week to take the case, allowing...